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Even at Harvard some things end. Comptroller Endicott is not the first of the old guard to fade from the Harvard picture; he will not be the last. An officer modelled on the lines of an Endicott would slip with little grace into an underling's post beneath a new financial vice-president. It is fitting that the Comptroller should prefer oblivion to ignominy...
...rape is only a rape, they say, but this somehow seems a little more) is too much, and she dies with her penitent pater and no less penitent though virtuous mater at her bedside, resolving to tell their next daughter what's what before it's too late. The fade-out is a sweetly murmured "Daddy... It seemed like such a beautiful road...but it was only..." The slimy scoundrel who debauched her is presumably out wreaking his lustful will on more sweet trusting girls. It's the woman who pays...
...Manchuria, have maintained cordial, gentlemanly relations; they were two empires with but a single thought. Today that situation is changed, drastically. The English fear trade competition, and this insidious snatch at the Empire's purse will hardly promote goodwill. If Japanese underselling continues, British neutrality in the East may fade away; and that, coupled with American recognition of the Soviet Union, should throw not a little cold water on Nipponese aggression. On the other hand, both these factors may be construed as a reason to strike now before their weight becomes prohibitive to northward expansion. CASTOR
Another mystery is why the waves fade at times. Yet, said he, "I once had fading on an experiment of 100 mi. with long waves, and none on a 6,000-mi. transmission. You can't tell...
...large courses in Harvard University in which there is truly inspired lecturing. Once or twice during the year, there will come a moment, as Professor Lake reads from the Bible, when the scratching of pens and pencils will cease, students will straighten to complete attention, every whisper will fade to nothingness, and, for a few long seconds, the class will hold its breath, while Professor Lake passes the climax of his passage. Such tension can only last for a moment, but the effect of it lasts years. To have been present on one of those occasions is worth two ordinary...